The short story "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson is a surprising tale of a seemingly regular town that leads you through an everyday story to an abrupt and astonishing ending.
The Plot is a seemingly simple one. The people of a small village are getting ready for the annual lottery, held every year on June 27, just before the corn season. The villagers are what you expect. It says there are about 300 of them, and it gives specific names of a few. The children are freshly out of school for the summer, and it seems that the boys are up to no good, collecting stones and such, and the girls are acting more appropriate. The women are gossiping around Mr. Summers, a "jovial" man that is in charge of the day's events. As you progress through the story, you keep waiting and waiting for the conflict, until it falls upon you like a mountain of stones, literally. The story is told in a third person perspective. You are given numerous clues to the about the ending, but they are all......

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Title: The Lottery Analysis
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